text:
Angebote zu "Accounts" (587 Treffer)
Memoirs of the Life of John Law of Lauriston: Including a Detailed Account of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the Mississippi System als Bu...
Memoirs of the Life of John Law of Lauriston: Including a Detailed Account of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the Mississippi System: John Philip Wood
The communistic societies of the United States; from personal visit and obervation: including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shake...
The communistic societies of the United States; from personal visit and obervation: including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian and other existing societies: Charles Nordhoff
Hannibal: A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War , Hörbuch, Digital, 1, 1214min
Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself. At Cannae, Hannibal's brilliant cavalry tactics enabled him to destroy a reassembled Roman army, and his subsequent defeats over a 15-year stay in Italy were due more to lack of sufficient support from home than to any failings of generalship. Theodore Ayrault Dodge's classic history, first published in 1891, is equally perceptive of Hannibal's military prowess and his visionary character. Dodge followed Hannibal's route from Carthage to Italy, paying particular attention to the famous crossing of the Alps, exploring every pass in order to determine Hannibal's route. In this book, he wrote an entire history of the art of war among these two mighty armies. Hannibal remains unequaled as the most comprehensive and readable study of history's greatest general. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Bill Wallace. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004411/bk_blak_004411_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
The Communistic societies of the United States : from personal visit and observation, including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, ... and Present Condition / by Charles Nordhoff. - Michigan Historical Reprint Series
Stoicism: A Detailed Breakdown of Stoicism Philosophy and Wisdom from the Greats , Hörbuch, Digital, 1, 175min
Stoicism, one of the oldest Western philosophical schools, has enchanted scholars and the general public alike for over 2,000 years. Where some accounts of human nature and the particularly human good fall short by the reduction of human being to physical or psychical phenomena, Stoicism´s power lies in engaging with the whole range of human experience, addressing rationality, emotion, piety, will, and both inner and outer impressions, each on their own terms, in language that treats each as significant in its own right. Stoicism is an active philosophy. That means that it is not enough to know its doctrines, one must also live them, develop habits that expand on and complete their ideas in practice. Practice, therefore, is also the focus of this book. The development of the listener´s inner and outer life, that they may follow their own path and discover what it means to ´´live life in accordance with nature´´. This book is a general introduction to Stoicism that pulls no punches when faced with the more complex aspects of Stoic doctrine. Topics addressed include: The history of the ancient Stoics. The nature of good and evil, virtue and vice, and positive and negative externals. The difference between those things in our control and those things not in our control. Stoic Logic and practical reasoning. Stoicism´s role in the development of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Stoic exercises and daily practice. Theology´s role in Stoicism and Stoic cosmology. And much more! Grab your copy of a detailed guide on stoicism philosophy and wisdom! 1. Language: English. Narrator: Sam Slydell. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101893/bk_acx0_101893_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Sea-Fishing On The English Coast - A Manual Of Practical Instruction On The Art Of Making And Using Sea-Tackle, With A Full Account Of The Methods...
Sea-Fishing On The English Coast - A Manual Of Practical Instruction On The Art Of Making And Using Sea-Tackle, With A Full Account Of The Methods In Vogue During Each Month Of The Year, And A Detailed Guide For Sea-Fishermen To All The Most Popular Water: Frederick George Aflalo
Antietam: Military Accounts of the Bloodiest Battle in American History , Hörbuch, Digital, 1, 299min
The Battle of Antietam, (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg), was fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek. The battle was the culmination of Robert E. Lee´s Maryland campaign in which Lee attempted to take the war to the North. The first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil, it was and remains, the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, claiming a staggering 23,000 casualties. The savage battle was not a clear victory for either side, though turning back the Confederate invasion gave Abraham Lincoln the ´´victory´´ he wanted before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. These are detailed, firsthand military accounts of the logistics of the battle, by both the Union and Confederate men who fought it. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Andrew Mulcare. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002492/bk_acx0_002492_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
Zoarites


I have been successful in bringing buyers and sellers together for 20 years.
DESIGNATIONS: ABR, ABRM, CRS, A-REO, SFR.
CERTIFICATES: Integrity Selling, Professional Standards Training.
CURRENT & PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT: Chair of Professional Standards, Chair of Grievance Committee, Chair of Lockbox Committe, Director of State Association.
"Mark was a pleasure to work with. He was very knowledgable & helpful with all of my questions. I will recommend him to my friends & family."
"Thank you for our fast & painless closing; we were able to sell & purchase in 30 days!"
"We both enjoyed working with Mark."
"Mark was great during the entire process - down to earth, made you feel very comfortable when asking questions."


Official change of name Van Houtum B.V. - WEPA Nederland B.V.
Official change of name Van Houtum B.V.
In May of this year we announced the acquisition of Van Houtum B.V. by WEPA Hygieneprodukte GmbH.
As of 1 October 2017, the official name of Van Houtum B.V. will change to WEPA Nederland B.V.
We kindly ask you to make the necessary changes in your files and / or systems in due time.
Our website address has changed to www.wepa.nl. You can find all company and product information, news releases and CSR updates on our website.
Our email addresses will also change. Our colleagues will contact you after 1 October using an @wepa.nl email address. Please note that the @vanhoutum.nl email address will remain active for a short period of time.
If you have any questions about the announced changes, please do not hesitate to contact us.


text:
require "test/unit"

class TC_Dir_Tell_Instance < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
      @pwd = `pwd`.chomp
      @dir = Dir.new(@pwd)
   end

   def test_tell_basic
      assert_respond_to(@dir, :tell)
      assert_nothing_raised{ @dir.tell }
      assert_kind_of(Integer, @dir.tell)
   end

   def test_pos_basic
      assert_respond_to(@dir, :pos)
      assert_nothing_raised{ @dir.pos }
      assert_kind_of(Integer, @dir.pos)
   end

   def test_tell_expected_errors
      assert_raises(ArgumentError){ @dir.tell(1) }
   end

   def test_pos_expected_errors
      assert_raises(ArgumentError){ @dir.pos(1) }
   end

   def teardown
      @pwd = nil
      @dir = nil
   end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


10 Recovery Secrets You Might Not Know By KITBOX We talk about recovery a lot on the blog, but it's still something people struggle with. Do you ever wonder how the top athletes can train multiple times per day, at a high intensity? Their recovery game must be pretty strong, right?


text:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title>ITEC Testat Webseite von Silvio Stappung</title>
    <script>
        window.location.href = 'Index.aspx';
    </script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>


First, I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas and enjoyed time with their family and friends!
Mine was great….. I'm really enjoying my family and really enjoy creating our own traditions and just being.
And, feeling quite free and peaceful for the first time in over a year and a half.
So, I'm writing at the doctor……… A place that is (was) typically an emotional stressor is once again just a place I go for medical care. No tears, no emotional pain, nor sadness associated, at all. And, for that, my heart truly rejoices.
For the past couple of years, I was at the doctor for infertility treatments/tests regularly along with the regular girlie visits. Sitting in the waiting room as these wobbly preggo mamas – to – be would come in and out, some extremely pregnant while others were barely showing, were constant reminders of what I could not have. Or do. Or become.
Only a select group of women will understand from experience how your heart swells, rejoices, and just overflows with emotions you can barely put into words about how this once dark place that resided inside of you is now full of light and possibility. Full of wonder. Gratitude. Praise. I know you are celebrating with us.
Then, there are those who watch as you go through so much. You can almost literally feel their pain bc of yours. And, now to see them as happy for you as you are for yourself causes your heart to swell that much more. Your support, prayer, and hugs mean the world! And, you sneaks who were praying that my heart was softened to adoption – I thank God for you and your insight. Your prayers were definitely answered! I had no idea that one person, not to mention MORE, were praying this same prayer but thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
I haven't felt this much peace and excitement about expanding our family since the summer of 2010 and especially 2011.
God is good. He is El-Roi (the one who sees me). The one who answers prayers. The one who gives you the desires of your heart. He is Emmanuel- He is with you. His grace is sufficient until ______. He is God.
I am grateful for the time spent getting to know Him, getting to know more about myself, my husband – all of that learning and growth was necessary.
And, I did cry a bit leaving the office. And driving home. For good.
As we women know, our doctors get to know us. And, when my doctor asked about fertility and moving forward with treatments, I was able to tell her that they weren't necessary anymore because we were adopting. She, too, has "children of the heart" as she calls hers. (God works, doesn't He?!) As she was leaving the examination room, she asked that I keep her updated and said that she would leave me with a list of pediatricians! *** insert tears *** I "knew" we would need to choose a caregiver for out baby/ies but reality hit at that moment. Whoa.
And, then….. My friend's song came to my mind and I haven't been able to get it out of my spirit. These lyrics are everything right now.
…. Here's to loving on a God who's plans are greater than our own. One who truly does give you the desires of your heart (the ones you don't even know are there.) and keeps you through it all.
…. Here's to loving on and praying for my babies, their family, and their journey to us!!!
🙂 I can't wait to hop on over to your blog and read all about your experiences and your family's story! What a blessing!!!
ps………. I can't wait either. I can't even imagine what it is like. God bless!


text:
Cultural Look at Clarksville, Tennessee
By Gabrielle Diepenbrock, Account Manager & Social Media Manager
In late April our team trekked to the Volunteer State to do an on-the-ground assessment of Clarksville, Tennessee.
Have you ever heard the song Last Train to Clarksville by The Monkees? If not, you need to. As we drove through the beautiful green countryside, the team couldn't help but hum it.
Clarksville has such a rich history. The city was established in 1784 close to the confluence of the Cumberland and Red rivers. In its early days, it was primarily designated as a settlement for Revolutionary War soldiers as a repayment for their services to the U.S.
Being near two rivers, the city grew rapidly with agriculture as its main industry. During the Civil War, it was home to three Confederate camps, but in 1862, the USS Cairo, a Union ironclad, captured the city, which was then occupied by Union soldiers.
Many years have passed, but Clarksville remains a cultural hub and is home to several gems that our team had the privilege of visiting!
The team's trip started out at Beachaven Vineyards & Winery. The team learned about the Winery's history, the winemaking process, and the people who have made it great – such as the late Claus "Dutch" Mann. Mann, after retiring from the military, spent days carving beautiful Clarksville landscapes on Beachaven's barrel heads. Many of these barrel heads hang on the walls of the Winery today.
After exploring the Winery, the team toured Old Glory Distilling, saw the beautiful and mighty Cumberland River at McGregor Park Riverwalk, and ate delicious Southern-style food at the Catfish House (fried catfish, fried okra, hush puppies, coleslaw, and fried pickles).
On the morning of day two, the Agency learned about Clarksville's surrender to Union troops at Fort Defiance Civil War Park & Interpretive Center. After the tour, the team ate lunch at Miss Lucille's Café and got a glimpse of Clarksville's art scene and heritage at Customs House Museum and Cultural Center.
The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center has an exhibit on Clarksville's Olympic track star, Wilma Rudolph. The Agency learned how Wilma overcame polio (which caused infantile paralysis at a young age) to become the first African-American to win three gold medals in track and field at a single Olympic Games.
The team also got to journey to Historic Collinsville, about 20 minutes from downtown Clarksville. Historic Collinsville was a dream come true for JoAnn Weakly and her husband – a hands-on experience for children to learn and imagine early American life.
The Agency performs on-the-ground assessments for various clients to take a look at cultural assets each destination has to offer. After the trip, the agency gives topline observations and marketing recommendations to the destination based on its available budget.
Like the Agency's trip to Huntington, W.Va., in February, Clarksville served as a great reminder to the team of why we do what we do. Cultural Tourism is fun and fascinating! It also has a huge potential to grow the economic development of a destination. Especially a destination like Clarksville.
Curious to learn more? Or want to schedule an On-The-Ground Assessment for your destination? The Goss Agency would love to help. Feel free to reach out to Gabrielle Diepenbrock at gabrielle@thegossagency.com or 828-259-9910, ext. 101. We would love to help you with one of our proprietary Cultural Tourism programs.
Written by Goss
View all posts by: Goss
Want a preview of what you'll be getting? See our last newsletter here.
Conversion Drivers

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: Cannot read property 'length' of undefined? while calculate total i want to find total buying price. $scope.salereports is my json. it consist of products sub array.it contains fields brice,quantity.
I write this code
$scope.BuyingAmount=function(){
 var buyamount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i<$scope.salereports.products.length; i++){
     item=$scope.salereports.products[i]
    buyamount+=(item.brice*item.qty)
}
console.log(buyamount)
return buyamount;
}

i got the error like this. please tell me how to remove this.
angular.js:12520 TypeError: Cannot read property 'products' of undefined
at Scope.$scope.BuyingAmount (EmpController.js:891)
at fn (eval at <anonymous> (angular.js:13365), <anonymous>:4:227)
at Object.expressionInputWatch [as get] (angular.js:14345)
at Scope.$digest (angular.js:15888)
at Scope.$apply (angular.js:16160)
at done (angular.js:10589)
at completeRequest (angular.js:10787)
at XMLHttpRequest.requestLoaded (angular.js:10728)

this is my json result:
Resource
$$hashKey:"object:15"
__v:0
_id:"5716fe9ef93044a01183dd29"
createdat:"2016-04-20T03:59:26.820Z"
customername:"Agarwal"
customerno:"989987987"
discamount:90
discount:20
grandtot:360
isDeleted:false
modifiedat:"2016-04-20T03:59:26.820Z"
ordernumber:"1112121"
products:Array[1]
0:Object
$$hashKey:"object:19"
_id:"5712257366dfa48c16d481d6"
bprice:100
created:"2016-04-20T03:59:26.822Z"
productname:"bata"
qty:3
size:7
sprice:150
__proto__:Object
length:1
__proto__:Array[0]
soldby:"admin"

A: What if you don't yet have the values for salereports (say, if it is being fetched by a service), and the function is already doing the calculations.  So you should have something like:
$scope.BuyingAmount = function() {
  var buyamount = 0;
  if ($scope.salereports !== undefined) {
    for (var i = 0; i < $scope.salereports.products.length; i++) {
      item = $scope.salereports.products[i]
      buyamount += (item.brice * item.qty)
    }
  }
  console.log(buyamount)
  return buyamount;
}

You also can use in the HTML,
<div ng-if="salereports !== undefined">
  {{ BuyingAmount() }}
</div>

(assuming your "no value" is undefined (if you never set it earlier).  Or if it is null, then you can just use it instead.  Or, just use if ($scope.salereports) { ... }

A: finally i got the answer
$scope.BuyingAmount=function(){
    var buyamount = 0;
if ($scope.salereports !==undefined) {
    for(var i = 0; i<$scope.salereports.length; i++){
    for (var j=0;j<$scope.salereports[i].products.length;j++){

      item=$scope.salereports[i].products[j]

      buyamount=item.bprice*item.qty+buyamount;

}
}
            }
console.log(buyamount)
return buyamount;
}

A: Try this
$scope.BuyingAmount=function(){
 var buyamount = 0;
for(var i = 0; i<$scope.salereports.products.length; i++){
     buyamount+=$scope.salereports.products[i].brice * $scope.salereports.products[i].quantity;
}
console.log(buyamount)
return buyamount;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Q: Field passwordEncoder in package required a bean of type 'org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder' that could not be found I'm attempting to autowire a password encoder in my service class using a configuration file:
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
class SecurityConfiguration : WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter() {

@Bean
fun passwordEncoder(): PasswordEncoder {
    return BCryptPasswordEncoder()
}

Intellij detects @Autowired var passwordEncoder as a candidate for autowired.
@Service
class userServiceImpl : UserService {

@Autowired
private lateinit var passwordEncoder : PasswordEncoder

I know the configuration is being called because other elements of the config file are called.
***************************
APPLICATION FAILED TO START
***************************
Description:
Field passwordEncoder in com.example.project.service.userServiceImpl required a bean of type 'org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder' that could not be found.
 The injection point has the following annotations:
- @org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired(required=true)
Action:
Consider defining a bean of type 'org.springframework.security.crypto.password.PasswordEncoder' in your configuration.

A: I added in a component scan annotation on my main class for the package in question and that got rid of the error
    @SpringBootApplication
    @ComponentScan("com.example.project.config")
    class myApplication


Impact Solution Inc started in 1996. We specialize in placing full-time, permanent Engineers and Information Technology professionals in Wisconsin. We place Manufacturing Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Controls Engineers, Software Engineers, Embedded Engineers, Application Engineers, Programmers, Network Engineers and Network Administrators.
Our firm's focus has been in Engineering and Information Technology in Wisconsin.


text:
'Like Airbnb, but for cars': Melbourne council leads way in setting aside parking spots for peer-to-peer car sharing
By social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant
Posted FriFriday 6 OctOctober 2017 at 7:01pmFriFriday 6 OctOctober 2017 at 7:01pm
Geoffrey Dunstan rents out his car through the peer-to-peer sharing company Car Next Door. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Whether it's driving all over the city in the search for a home, hauling furniture, or shopping, apartment dwellers Erin Padbury and Alisdair Horgen often need a car. But they'd never dream of buying one.
Moreland City is first council in Australia to set aside parking spots for peer-to-peer share cars
The model means cars aren't owned by a company, but individuals
Users say peer-to-peer sharing "could potentially reduce the amount of privately owned cars"
"I don't think I would ever own a car again, living in the city," Ms Padbury said.
For her, car sharing is the perfect solution.
"It's mostly about the convenience," she said. "Being able to pick up a car whenever and drop it back whenever."
But for Ms Padbury and her partner, there's something slightly different about the cars they pay to use for a few hours at a time.
They aren't owned by a big car-sharing company — they're owned by individuals, like Geoffrey Dunstan.
"I think people who know Airbnb get it. It's very similar. It's like an Airbnb, but for cars," he said.
He rents his car through peer-to-peer car-sharing company Car Next Door. He doesn't make big money — up to $300 a month.
But it's more than enough to cover his car registration, insurance and other costs.
"There's a lot of people who love their car way too much to let somebody else use it," he said.
"For those of us who just think of it as a way to get from A to B, it's a great use of resources."
Discouraging car ownership in Melbourne's north
Just two spots have so far been set aside by Moreland City Council. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
Moreland City Council, in Melbourne's north, agrees. It's become the first council in Australia to set aside parking spots for peer-to-peer share cars. One of them is directly in front of Mr Dunstan's house.
"We are one of the fastest growing cities … in Melbourne," councillor Mark Riley said.
"With all of that extra population, and the pressure that brings, we can't possibly accommodate all of those cars on the street."
For years, Moreland City Council has promoted development that discourages car ownership.
For example, apartment buildings near train lines have limited numbers of parking spaces, or none at all.
Setting aside parking spaces for peer-to-peer car share is part of that plan.
"This is a great way of using a really important resource like a car … it might as well be shared and used and socialised, so we get benefits for everyone," Cr Riley said.
For now, just two spots have been set aside. But that number could increase and other councils in Melbourne are considering similar moves.
'It's a win-win situation'
The car-share model works for Erin Padbury and Alisdair Horgen. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
The peer-to-peer version is still a small part of the car-share model. But it's growing quickly.
Car Next Door said it had more than 1,000 cars available to rent and more than 40,000 members.
"Who knows what's going to be happening with cars? Maybe it's driverless cars in the future," Mr Dunstan said.
The driverless car revolution
Soon, you'll be able to do all the things you'd rather be doing while driving.
"This is kind of that intermediate step, where we stop having streets full of cars that aren't being used."
For car-sharing couple Erin and Alisdair, the idea that they're making a social contribution by choosing not to own a car is part of the appeal.
"I like that it could potentially reduce the amount of privately owned cars," Ms Padbury said.
For Mr Horgen, one of the things he likes best is knowing he's renting from an individual owner, not from a company.
"It's a win-win situation. Because that person is acknowledging it's good to share what they have, rather than just keep it for themself," he said.
Posted 6 OctOctober 2017FriFriday 6 OctOctober 2017 at 7:01pm
Young people driving upheaval of Australia's new car industry: report
Community and Society
Urban Development and Planning
Swiss court finds judge in Sun Yang doping trial could not be impartial due to hostile tweets about dog slaughter in China
Posted 20mminutes agoFriFriday 15 JanJanuary 2021 at 2:46pm


Lost Light sees Michael Connelly at the top of his form. Harry Bosch is in retirement when he gets the opportunity to follow up on one of his old unsolved cases, taking him into an extremely well-plotted and dense mystery.
Apart from the strong plotting, much of the power of Lost Light comes from Connelly's sympathetic and vivid characterizations, as well as from the force of Bosch's personality. For good crime fiction, you almost have to have the obsessive lone-wolf detective who refuses to ever take the easy way out.
As good as the Harry Bosch novels have been over time, this is arguably one of the best.


text:
SEPTEMBER, 1877.
DOMESTIC RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT.[1]
By HERBERT SPENCER.
INDUCTION has greatly predominated over deduction throughout the foregoing chapters; and readers who have borne in mind that Part II. closes with a proposal to interpret social phenomena deductively, may infer either that this intention has been lost sight of, or that it has proved impracticable to deal with the facts of domestic life otherwise than by empirical generalization. On gathering together the threads of the argument, however, we shall find that the chief conclusions forced on us by the evidence are those which Evolution implies.
We have first the fact that, little as it might have been expected, the genesis of the family fulfills the law of Evolution under its leading aspects. In the rudest social groups nothing to be called marriage exists: the unions of the sexes are extremely incoherent. Family groups, consisting of mothers and such few children as can be reared without permanent paternal assistance, are necessarily small and soon dissolve: integration is slight. Within each group the relationships are less definite; since the children are mostly half-brothers or half-sisters, and the paternity is often uncertain. From such primitive families, thus small, incoherent, and indefinite, there arise, in conformity with the law of Evolution, divergent and redivergent types of families—some characterized by a mixed polyandry and polygyny; some that are polyandrous, differentiating into the fraternal and non-fraternal; some that are polygynous, differentiating into those composed of wives and those composed of a legitimate wife and concubines; some that are monogamous, among which, besides the ordinary form, there is the aberrant form distinguished by a wife
↑ Conclusion to the chapters on "The Domestic Relations," which complete vol. i. of the "Principles of Sociology."


Note that the following works on "force" as well as "normal" and was also tested with "explode". I explain in the below video, this bug is hard to describe. Also even if there is no WitherSkull present, the black shadow appears, although the above flickering cloud does not.


text:
22-month-old toddler loves to water-ski
Twenty-two-month-old Cole Marsolek from Tainter Lake in western Wisconsin has learned to water ski.
Aug. 4, 2006, 10:28 PM UTC / Source: The Associated Press
You may have to look twice, but yes, that's a baby water-skiing on Tainter Lake in western Wisconsin. Twenty-two-month-old Cole Marsolek of Menomonie took up water-skiing last Wednesday on a training ski.
Since then he has skied everyday and only fell once, said his mother, Lissa Marsolek.
"He absolutely loves it," Lissa said. "He popped right up the first time. He is a little showboat, waving to everyone and blowing kisses at people as we go by."
The parents' Mastercraft ski boat travels slowly, pulling his training ski, which is shaped like a sled.
Both Lissa, 26, and her husband Chad, 31, have water-skied since they were children. Lissa started at age 3.
"It's a little in Cole's blood," she said.
Before learning to ski, he was taught by his parents to float with a life jacket and hold his breath. He is not allowed near the water without his life jacket.
Cole has great balance and someone is always on the back of the boat if Cole falls, Lissa said.
When asked what the boy wants to do, he says, "Ski, please." He also is able to say "fall," and when asked if he is ready to ski he says, "Go," his mother said.
The couple also has a 5-month-old daughter, Kinsey, but she hasn't started skiing yet.


Mom Found An Awesome Way To Get Rid Of Splinters With "No Tears!"
This genius mom from the U.K. figured out the fastest way to get rid of a nasty splinter, and the best part is that there are no needles involved!
How did your parents remove scary splinters when you were younger? In most cases, it involved getting a needle or tweezers too close for comfort and often resulted in puddles of tears! To make it worse, it usually took a long time to try and grab hold of the splinter, making it even more stressful!
You need to pull rather quickly! If it's a stubborn splinter, just do this a couple of times!" She wrote.
The hack took off and hundreds of thousands of parents were thankful!
It might be a little intimidating, but it is so much easier than trying to use a needle!
Have you ever heard of this awesome hack?


text:
«O tú o ninguna» es una canción escrita por Juan Carlos Calderón e interpretada y producida por el artista mexicano Luis Miguel, incluida en su 13.° álbum de estudio Amarte es un placer (1999). La canción es un balada en el que el protagonista no puede imaginar su vida sin nadie más que su interés amoroso. publicado como el segundo sencillo de dicho álbum por la compañía discográfica Warner Music Latina el . La canción alcanzó la cima de las listas Billboard Hot Latin Tracks y Billboard Latin Pop Airplay en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica y alcanzó el número siete en Brasil.

«O tú o ninguna» recibió críticas positivas de críticos musicales que elogiaron la entrega de Miguel. Recibió una nominación al Grammy Latino por canción del año en 2000. Calderón recibió un Premio Latino ASCAP por la canción en el mismo año. Un vídeo musical de la canción fue filmado en San Francisco, California y dirigido por Rebecca Blake. En el vídeo, el cantante busca a su interés amoroso en medio de una gran multitud en la ciudad.

Listas

Sucesión en las listas

Referencias

Sencillos de 1999
Canciones de 1999
Canciones de Luis Miguel
Canciones compuestas por Juan Carlos Calderón
Canciones en español
Sencillos en español
Boleros
Baladas pop
Sencillos de Warner Music Latina
Sencillos número uno en Hot Latin Songs de Billboard
Sencillos número uno en Latin Pop Songs de Billboard

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Last updated: 11:00 AM ET, Fri September 16 2016
Is Montreal the Key to Air Transat's Success?
Airlines & Airports	Monica Poling September 16, 2016
It's been a rough year for Air Transat, who earlier this month announced that earnings and revenue are down this year. For the third quarter, which ended July 31, 2016, the airline, a part of a multi-channel travel company, posted revenues of $663.6 million as compared to $704.8 million for the same period in 2015, for decrease of $41.3 million, or 5.9%.
In part, company execs blame a drastically increased supply in the transatlantic market.
Rapid COVID19 Tests Coming to Montreal Trudeau Airport... Airlines & Airports
New Airline - OWG - to Launch out of Toronto and Montreal Airlines & Airports
WestJet Asks Trudeau Government to Reject Air Canada /... Airlines & Airports
Trudeau: Travel Rules Could Change Any Time; Canadians... Impacting Travel
Boeing 737 MAX Cleared For Takeoff: Could Fly in Canada... Airlines & Airports
"The transatlantic market overall, and the United Kingdom in particular, has been affected by drastically increased supply, and demand that cannot keep up quickly enough, fuelled in part by terrorism-related fears," said Jean-Marc Eustache, President and Chief Executive Officer of Transat. "We are relatively satisfied with our results, given the circumstances, but we cannot hope for a repeat of our outstanding summer-season performance over the past two years."
READ MORE: New Baggage Fees on Air Transat
Despite arguments about supply and demand, it seems that Air Transat plans to use the classic "fight fire with fire" strategy to try to rebound its business, as the airline has just announced that it is "optimizing" its transatlantic routes, in part by increasing service to France, the UK and the Mediterranean.
"Air Transat is committed to making Europe accessible to the greatest number of Canadian travellers, which is why we are proud to enhance our flight program yet again this year," says Annick Guérard, President and General Manager of Transat Tours Canada. "We stand out by offering one of the most diverse transatlantic portfolios on the market, so it was important to expand our program to offer our clients greater flexibility when it came to planning their vacations."
READ MORE: Air Transat Pilots Reach Tentative Agreement
Still, while other airlines are introducing new routes and connections faster than bunnies reproduce, Air Transat is mostly offering slight increases to an existing schedule, rather than making any dramatic changes to its overall flight map.
In fact, the key to Air Transat's growth strategy seems to be a concerted focus on new domestic routes and increased international scheduling from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
The airport, like many in Canada, is having a record-breaking year. It welcomed 7.9 million passengers during the first half of 2016, an increase of 4.9 per cent over the same period last year. It also reclaimed its slot as the third-busiest airport in Canada this year, after being surpassed by Calgary International Airport a few years ago.
Air Transat has said it will increase, by one flight per week, service on its Montreal-Paris route (increasing to 14 direct flights a week) as well as its Montreal-Marseille route (increasing to five direct flights a week.)
Mediterranean destinations, such as Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, will also see flight increases, with a new schedule that includes:
• Montreal-Athens (three direct flights a week)
• Montreal-Venice (three direct flights a week)
• Montreal-Barcelona (five direct flights a week)
• Montreal-Madrid (two direct flights a week)
• Montreal-Malaga (two direct flights a week)
• Montreal-Porto (two direct flights a week)
• Montreal-Lisbon (four direct flights a week)
The airline will also increase service on its Toronto-Athens route up to three direct flights per week.
Travellers to Central Europe will enjoy more frequency on the Montreal-Prague route, which will increase to twice a week. Service is also increasing on the Toronto-Zagreb connection.
For Dublin, Air Transat will maintain is one flight per week from Montreal but increase service between Toronto and Dublin, for a total of three flights a week.
Air Transat also announced it will strengthen its domestic network by inaugurating two new routes: one from Montreal to Vancouver (two flights per week) and another between Ottawa and Montreal (three flights per week.). It is also increasing service on existing routes from Montreal to Toronto (daily) and Quebec City (five flights per week.) From Toronto, the airline is increasing connections to Vancouver (daily) and Calgary (four flights per week.)
Other changes for the airline include service on an Airbus A330 for most flights to Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, London, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham. Additionally, passengers will benefit from a multi-destination option, in which they can land in one European city and return from another at no extra cost.
For more information, visit www.airtransat.com.
Follow @MonicaPoling
For more information on Montreal


John McClain , Houston Chronicle Sep. 8, 2018 Updated: Sep. 8, 2018 9 a.m.
The matchup between Texans receiver DeAndre Hopkins and Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore will be among the top individual battles during Sunday's game.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – A closer look at the matchups in Sunday's Texans-Patriots season opener at Gillette Stadium.


text:
import {Component, Input, OnChanges, SimpleChanges} from '@angular/core';
import {FormComponent} from '../../../../common/forms/form.component';
import {FormBuilder, FormControl, ValidatorFn, Validators} from '@angular/forms';
import {FimsValidators} from '../../../../common/validator/validators';
import {AccountingService} from '../../../../services/accounting/accounting.service';
import {accountExists} from '../../../../common/validator/account-exists.validator';

export interface InterestFormData {
  minimum: string;
  maximum: string;
  incomeAccount: string;
  accrualAccount: string;
}

@Component({
  selector: 'fims-product-interests-form',
  templateUrl: './interests.component.html'
})
export class ProductInterestFormComponent extends FormComponent<InterestFormData> implements OnChanges {

  private _formData: InterestFormData;

  private minMaxValidators: ValidatorFn[] = [Validators.required, FimsValidators.minValue(0), FimsValidators.scale(2)];

  @Input() set formData(formData: InterestFormData) {
    this._formData = formData;
  };

  constructor(private formBuilder: FormBuilder, private accountingService: AccountingService) {
    super();

    this.form = this.formBuilder.group({
      interestRangeEnabled: [false],
      minimum: ['', this.minMaxValidators],
      maximum: [''],
      incomeAccount: ['', [Validators.required], accountExists(this.accountingService)],
      accrualAccount: ['', [Validators.required], accountExists(this.accountingService)]
    });

    this.form.get('interestRangeEnabled').valueChanges
      .subscribe(enabled => this.toggleInterestRange(enabled));
  }

  ngOnChanges(changes: SimpleChanges): void {
    const interestRangeEnabled: boolean = this.hasInterestRange(this._formData.minimum, this._formData.maximum);

    this.form.reset({
      interestRangeEnabled: interestRangeEnabled,
      minimum: this._formData.minimum,
      maximum: this._formData.maximum,
      incomeAccount: this._formData.incomeAccount,
      accrualAccount: this._formData.accrualAccount
    });
  }

  get formData(): InterestFormData {
    return {
      minimum: this.form.get('minimum').value,
      maximum: this.form.get('interestRangeEnabled').value ? this.form.get('maximum').value : this.form.get('minimum').value,
      incomeAccount: this.form.get('incomeAccount').value,
      accrualAccount: this.form.get('accrualAccount').value
    };
  }

  private toggleInterestRange(enabled: boolean): void {
    const maximumControl: FormControl = this.form.get('maximum') as FormControl;

    if (enabled) {
      maximumControl.setValidators(this.minMaxValidators);
      this.form.setValidators(FimsValidators.greaterThan('minimum', 'maximum'));
    } else {
      maximumControl.clearValidators();
      this.form.clearValidators();
    }

    maximumControl.updateValueAndValidity();
    this.form.updateValueAndValidity();
  }

  private hasInterestRange(min: string, max: string): boolean {
    return this.hasValue(min) &&
        this.hasValue(max) &&
        min !== max;
  }

  private hasValue(value: string): boolean {
    return value !== undefined;
  }

}


It's not exactly breaking news, but let's just get this on the table: To be the most efficient, start with the endgame and work backwards. If the endgame in question is proving your product's value over the standard of care or competitors, then step one is to nail down exactly how your customers will evaluate your product. In other words, what value framework will your customers use to determine the costs and benefits of your brand?
Documented, open-source value frameworks in the US are still relatively new. But make no mistake even though cross-industry collaborations have only been around since about 2015, there have always been, and still are, frameworks to evaluate value. The frameworks were and are just built internally at each organization and kept a secret.
And that's why recent reveals of cross-industry value frameworks are so tantalizing, or at least tantalizing to those of us who specialize in proving value. Published frameworks are like brightly lit value roadmaps—roadmaps showing terrain that has always been cloaked in some pretty heavy shadows.
But here's another provocative factor to consider about value frameworks: their use is on the rise. Increasing numbers of decision-makers are saying they are using publicly available frameworks to make formulary decisions, negotiate pricing or use as a basis for risk-based/innovative contracts. Even more tangibly, CMS has signaled a desire to move to value-based purchasing tools in Medicare Part B.
Despite these similarities, frameworks calculate value differently and from different perspectives. ASCO, for example, measures value from the patient and provider perspective, whereas ICER measures value from the lens of a payer/organized provider.
As a typical output, these value frameworks classify therapies into high-, medium-, and low-value interventions. Some frameworks (such as ICER's, for example) recommend the price threshold for an intervention/product to be considered high value.
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) value framework overview. ICER is an international non-profit focused on clinical and economic reviews: https://icer-review.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ICER-value-assessment-framework-update-FINAL-062217.pdf The ICER value framework can be applied to any therapeutic category.
American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC-AHA) value framework for cardiovascular disease.
Oncology value frameworks are well-established at this point: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) value framework, and National Comprehensive Cancer Network's (NCCN's) evidence blocks.
Also for oncology, if you go to the Drug Abacus from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centers, you'll find a nifty calculator to see if your drug is priced for high value (or not).
Avalere and Faster Cures have a value framework in the works: Patient Perspective Value Framework Initiative.
But not everyone is a wild fan. Here's a critical point-of-view.


text:
Wallenda siblings complete Times Square tightrope stunt
world June 25, 2019
Siblings from a famed circus family - the Flying Wallendas - walked a wire strung 25 stories over New York's Times Square Sunday, in a hair-raising balancing act performed across five city blocks. "If you can make it in New York you can make it anywhere -- so let's make it in New York," Nik Wallenda, 40, told his sister Lijana before they began the fearsome feat.
The undertaking, which was broadcast live, saw the duo start the wire walk on opposite sides, slowly moving towards each other holding balancing poles as a throng of onlookers gawked from below. When the siblings met, Lijana sat on the 396-meter (1300- foot) wire strung between skyscrapers so her brother could step over her, before standing back up and finishing the walk.
Tensions were running particularly high as it was the 42-year-old Lijana's first such attempt since 2017, when she and four others fell more than 9 meters while rehearsing an eight-person pyramid on a wire. The near-fatal incident left her seriously injured, including breaking most bones in her face.
During the approximately 36 minutes the acrobats took to complete the nerve-wracking stunt Nik -- who in 2012 traversed Niagara Falls on a wire, and the Little Colorado River Gorge close to the Grand Canyon a year later -- offered words of encouragement to his sister via earpiece microphones, as she audibly prayed and sang.
New York allowed the siblings to attempt Sunday's walk on the condition that they wear safety harnesses, a mandate Nik had said added physical weight and stress to the challenge. In 2013 the city had declined him permission to cross a wire anchored between the Empire State and Chrysler buildings. Sunday's never-before-attempted stunt is yet another feather in the cap of the Wallendas, a family famous for jaw-dropping endeavors executed from dizzying heights -- without safety nets.
The clan's performances date back generations to the Austro-Hungarian empire and debuted in the United States in 1928, as part of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. In 1978 Karl Wallenda -- Nik and Lijana's great grandfather, who brought the family act stateside -- tumbled to his death at age 73 while attempting a wire walk in San Juan, Puerto Rico. New York has long attracted daredevils seeking to make headlines: Harry Houdini escaped a crate in which he was chained and thrown in the river over a century ago, and Evel Knievel soared on his motorcycle over ten vehicles in 1971.
In 1974, Frenchman Philippe Petit famously walked a tightrope between the tops of the Twin Towers of the former World Trade Center, 400 meters above the pavement. "Dream big people. Nothing's impossible," Nik said just before reaching the tightrope's end.
Passenger wakes up alone on plane!
'I don't want you'
At least 50 dead in Nepal's monsoon
Armed man dead after attacking US immigration jail
Clashes at latest Hong Kong anti-extradition march
Power outage plunges Manhattan into darkness
'Semsemia' summons
Canada says another citizen detained in China
EU opens new mission in Kuwait
Barry batters Louisiana


text:
A hipótese de Oparin e Haldane, por vezes também referida por teoria de Oparin, é uma hipótese explicativa da origem da vida, desenvolvida na década de 1920 pelos biólogos Aleksandr Oparin e Jonh B. S. Haldane, que afirma que a origem dos organismos vivos encontra-se no comportamento físico-químico da matéria inanimada.

Oparin propôs sua teoria em 1924, mas seu trabalho não chegou ao Ocidente até os anos 1930; J. B. S. Haldane, um bioquímico, propôs, de forma independente, uma teoria semelhante, em 1929.

A teoria
Sua teoria tem um forte embasamento dinâmico: através do condicionamento do meio, determinadas formas de organização molecular tornaram-se dominantes e desenvolveram-se gradualmente até as formas estruturais básicas que caracterizam as moléculas vivas de hoje. Segundo ele, em nível primordial não existe diferença fundamental entre os organismos vivos e matéria sem vida.

Em princípio havia soluções simples de substâncias orgânicas, cujo comportamento era governado pelas propriedades de seus átomos e pelo arranjo destes átomos em uma estrutura molecular. Gradualmente, entretanto, como resultado do aumento de complexidade, novas propriedades surgiram em consequência do arranjo espacial e relacionamento mútuo das moléculas. Com o aumento da complexidade, a complexa combinação de propriedades que caracteriza a vida teve início e pode desenvolver-se.

Levando em conta a então recente descoberta de metano na atmosfera de Júpiter e outros planetas gigantes, Oparin postulou que a Terra primitiva também possuía uma atmosfera fortemente redutora, contendo metano, amônia, hidrogênio e água. Em sua opinião, esses foram os elementos essenciais para a evolução da vida.

Na época em que as estruturas protobióticas se desenvolveram, a Terra estava passando por um processo de resfriamento, que permitiu o acúmulo de água nas depressões da sua crosta, formando os mares primitivos. As tempestades com raios eram freqüentes e ainda não havia na atmosfera o escudo de ozônio contra radiações. As descargas elétricas e as radiações que atingiam nosso planeta teriam fornecido energia para que algumas moléculas presentes na atmosfera se unissem, dando origem a moléculas maiores e mais complexas: as primeiras moléculas orgânicas. Estas eram arrastadas pelas águas das chuvas e passavam a se acumular nos mares primitivos, que eram quentes e rasos.

O processo, repetindo-se ao longo de vários anos, teria transformado os mares primitivos em "sopas primitivas", ricas em matéria orgânica. Baseado no trabalho de Bungenberg de Jong em coacervados, certas moléculas orgânicas (especialmente as proteínas) podem espontaneamente formar agregados e camadas, quando estão na água.

Oparin sugeriu que diferentes tipos de coacervados podem ter se formado nas "sopas primitivas" dos oceanos. Esses coacervados não eram seres vivos, mas sim uma primitiva organização das substâncias orgânicas, principalmente proteínas, em um sistema isolado. Apesar de isolados os coacervados podiam trocar substâncias com o meio externo, sendo que em seu interior houve possibilidade de ocorrerem inúmeras reações químicas. Subsequentemente, sujeitos ao processo de condicionamento do meio, esses coacervados cresceram em complexidade, adquirindo por fim características de organismos vivos, definidos, entre outras características, pela capacidade de evolução.

Repercussão
A teoria de Oparin não teve inicialmente boa repercussão no ocidente, devido ao fato de que não socorreu os geneticistas quando Lysenko os denunciou a Stalin para que fossem coagidos. Atualmente, um dos proponentes desta teoria é Doron Lancet, um químico do Weizmann Institute de Israel.

Status

A hipótese de Oparin e Haldane encontra-se hoje bem aceita pela comunidade científica.

A hipótese tem por evidências corroborativas, entre outros, os experimentos de Stanley Miller e Harold Clayton Urey , que demonstram a real formação de estruturas orgânicas básicas necessárias à hipótese a partir dos elementos e substâncias primordiais; além de observações tais como o comportamento de determinadas substâncias, a exemplo o comportamento de fosfolipídeos, que em meio aquoso espontaneamente se organizam e formam membranas fechadas (algo parecido com a formação de bolhas de sabão). Dando sequência ao experimento de Urey e Miller a formação de coacervados encontra-se esplanada entre outros nos trabalhos de  H.G. Bungenberg de Jong.

A hipótese converge do lado esquerdo à formação do primeiro coacervado protobiótico a partir de substâncias elementares, e ganha grande apoio do lado direito na teoria da evolução biológica, muito bem estabelecida entre a comunidade científica atual. A árvore da vida regride, pelo lado direito, ao que se espera como resultado da hipótese de Oparin e Haldane, do lado esquerdo.

Relevante ao contexto, cita-se que a hipótese da panspermia não altera em muito o cenário proposto por Oparin, entre aspas, apenas transferindo-o de local; para outra parte do universo. A panspermia não encontra grande apoio entre a comunidade científica dado o fato que, efetivamente, sabe-se que a vida desenvolveu-se com sucesso aqui na Terra; sendo a Terra, via evidências, o local conhecido mais solícito à sua formação.

Experiência de Miller-Urey

A Experiência de Miller e Urey foi uma experiência concebida para testar a hipótese de Oparin e Haldane sobre a origem da vida.

Segundo o experimento, as condições na Terra primitiva favoreciam a ocorrência de reações químicas que transformavam compostos inorgânicos em compostos orgânicos precursores da vida. Em 1953, Stanley L. Miller e Harold C. Urey da Universidade de Chicago realizaram uma experiência para testar a hipótese de Oparin e Haldane que ficou conhecida pelos nomes dos cientistas. Esta experiência tornou-se na experiência clássica sobre a origem da vida.

A experiência de Miller consistiu basicamente em simular as condições da Terra primitiva postuladas por Oparin e Haldane. Para isso, criou um sistema fechado, sem oxigênio, onde inseriu os principais gases atmosféricos, tais como hidrogênio, amônia, metano, além de vapor d'água. Através de descargas elétricas, e ciclos de aquecimento e condensação de água, obteve após algum tempo, diversas moléculas orgânicas (aminoácidos). Deste modo, conseguiu demonstrar experimentalmente que seria possível aparecerem moléculas orgânicas através de reações químicas na atmosfera utilizando compostos que poderiam estar nela presentes. Estas moléculas orgânicas são indispensáveis para o surgimento da vida.

Novas comprovações
Reanálises publicadas em outubro de 2008 do material original da experiência, mostraram a presença de 22 aminoácidos ao contrário dos 5 que foram criados no aparelho. Antigos resultados mostram uma forte evidência de estas moléculas orgânicas específicas poderem ser sintetizadas de reagentes inorgânicos atmosféricos.

Ver também
 síntese abiótico de moléculas orgânicas
 Abiogênese
 Biogênese

Abiogênese


text:
In The News (August)
A Message from the President (July 2017)
ole is Looking for Canada's Next Country Superstar
This section of the newsletter is comprised of news stories, press releases and links to Internet articles that are sent in by our members who believe they will be of general interest to the membership. We include them as a courtesy to our members but do not verify or edit their content. Their inclusion does not constitute an endorsement by the CMAOntario nor do their contents reflect the views or opinions of the CMAOntario.
Rideau Ferry singer-songwriter Amanda Jordan to play CCMA showcase
Amanda Jordan keeps getting opportunities to showcase her talent.
This September, Jordan, the local singer-songwriter will be heading to Saskatoon to play in the "Diamonds In The Rough" showcase show at Canadian Country Music Association (CCMAs) Awards.
Jordan, 21, was selected along with many other artists from across Canada, to perform at the Radisson Hotel during the week of the CCMAs on Sept. 7.
Full story: InsideOttawaValley.com
Tebey Golf Classic Raises $25,000
The inaugural Tebey Golf Classic, which took place in his hometown of Peterborough, ON, recently, was a resounding success raising $25,000 for a new youth mental health initiative for the region, in partnership with Your Family Health Team Foundation.
"We are very grateful for Tebey's support and passion for this project and were honoured that he chose to partner with us for his golf classic," said Laura Kennedy, Executive Director, Your Family Health Team Foundation. "Thanks to Tebey, the generosity of the country music community and the local support we received from Peterborough residents with attendance, donations and sponsorship, we were able to raise $25,000 that will support youth struggling with mental health issues in our community."
Hosted at the beautiful quarry Golf Club golfers enjoyed lunch before hitting the course, where in addition to golf they sampled a signature American Mule compliments of Tito's Vodka, a shot of Fireball whiskey at the Peterborough Petes' putting contest and Carpool Country Karaoke. After the round, golfers came in from the elements to enjoy a cold beer at the Coors Banquet reception with an acoustic performance by Tebey himself. Country 105's Brian Young had the pleasure of surprising Tebey with a Gold record plaque presentation for his single "Wake Me Up" shortly after the performance.
While golfers enjoyed dinner at the club house a silent and live auction took place for items that included an autographed Auston Matthews and Mike Fisher jerseys, tickets to live shows, meet & greet with artists like Chad Brownlee, autographed CDs and merch from Jess Moskulake, an autographed Madeline Merlo caricature, tickets to live shows, and many more fantastic prizes. Just over $25,000 was raised at the event, which will support a drop in day clinic for mental health in Peterborough, Ontario.
Ottawa's Norm Brunet Selected as Finalist in Country Showdown Songwriting Contest
CMAOntario member Norm Brunet from Ottawa recently had his song "I Need Your Love" selected as a finalist in the American Music Channel's Summer 2017 "Country Showdown Songwriting Contest". Brunet is one of approximately 35 finalists who will have their songs evaluated by a panel of expert judges including Grammy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning songwriters, publishers, producers, and music business executives.
Listen to the track here: "I Need Your Love".
For more details on the contest, visit: American Music Channel/SoundEmerge
Boots & Hearts Daily Schedule Now Online
The Boots & Hearts Music Festival takes place this weekend and organizers have now posted online the daily schedule of performances. Be sure to catch sets by Andrew Hyatt, Jessica Mitchell, The Abrams, Lindi Ortega, Jesse Gold, Dani Strong, Kelly Prescott, Cold Creek County and more.
Also, in this week's SiriusXM Spotlight Artist of the Week – it's Ontario's own Cold Creek County.
Details: BootsandHearts.com
Tim Hicks, Cold Creek County comment on returning to Lucknow's Music In The Fields stage
Two things that set the Music In The Fields festival apart from the plethora of Ontario country music festivals is: 1) It is primarily a fundraiser for the Lucknow and District Kinsman Club who then donate to local initiatives. And 2) It's reputation for a down right good time for guests, volunteers and even the performers are aware of the great reputation.
Setting the Aug. 24-26 festival off is Meghan Patrick who will take over the Thursday night stage along side DJ Bugelboy.
Getting the party started for the two busiest days of the three-day festival is Take It On Home singer, Genevieve Fisher, of London, Ontario.
Full story: SouthWesternOntario.ca
Havelock County Jamboree Aug. 17-20 features Lee Brice, Justin Moore, Jana Kramer, Aaron Pritchett, Confederate Railroad, Meghan Patrick
Canada's largest live outdoor country music and camping festival returns to Havelock in August.
The Havelock Country Jamboree is happening from Aug. 17 to 20, with an official kick off party on Aug. 16.
This year's lineup includes more than 25 artists from Canada and the United States. Some entertainers are seasoned veterans, while others are up-and-coming stars. They'll be performing on the Havelock site's twin stages.
Kris Barclay is this year's host and is performing in the beer tent for the jamboree's kick off.
Full story: PeterboroughExaminer.com
Need a great Christmas 🎁 fast❓ Tickets for


Progressive challenger Randall Woodfin on Tuesday unseated William Bell, the mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, in a nonpartisan runoff election.
Woodfin's ambitious platform and dogged ground game ultimately bested Bell, 68, a two-term Democratic incumbent who had been in city politics since before Woodfin was born.
But not even Woodfin's most optimistic boosters anticipated the resounding margin of his victory. With all but one polling place reporting, Woodfin defeated Bell 58 to 41 percent.
"Our city, our 23 communities, our 99 neighborhoods, you all have spoken very clearly ― we deserve better," Woodfin said at the start of his victory speech Tuesday night, prompting cheers from the audience.
Woodfin, a 36-year-old Democratic school board member and city prosecutor in Birmingham, combined idealistic proposals to provide new social benefits to struggling city residents with promises to more effectively execute basic city functions like infrastructure maintenance and public safety.
His most ambitious proposal is the creation of a city scholarship fund to provide free tuition at an area community college for public high school graduates. He also plans to establish new early childhood learning centers for 3- and 4-year-olds, and to transform neglected neighborhood recreation centers into hubs for employment training.
Although the state legislature thwarted the city's attempt to raise its minimum wage to $10.10 an hour in 2016, Woodfin has said he would aggressively lobby the state to overturn that policy. He supports raising the city's minimum wage to $15 an hour, and plans to make that the minimum for city employees.
Vowing to bring a "people-first vision for all 99 neighborhoods" of Birmingham, Woodfin argued that Bell had become too entrenched to address the needs of the mid-sized city's less privileged residents as it experiences a downtown revival in which middle-class families are returning to the city center.
In particular, Woodfin criticized Bell for squandering badly needed city resources on expensive development projects and frivolous perks like a permanent security detail and an unnecessarily large mayoral staff. In an AL.com op-ed laying out his plans for the first 100 days in office, Woodfin said he would immediately reduce the size of the mayor's staff and redirect resources to the police and public works departments.
Randall Woodfin succeeded in his bid to unseat Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor William Bell.
Progressive groups have now had far more electoral success at the state and local levels than in national races. Woodfin joins a growing number of young, left-leaning black reformers who have taken power in Southeastern cities with the blessing of national progressives, including Jackson, Mississippi, Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and South Fulton, Georgia, city council member khalid kamau. Our Revolution is also backing the populist Georgia state Sen. Vincent Fort's bid to become mayor of Atlanta this November. Sanders held a rally with thousands of people for Fort last Saturday.
In other ways, Woodfin's campaign reflected the gritty realities that progressives face as they navigate the demands of local politics. To address the city's rising murder rate, he promised to hire more police officers and increase the financial incentives available to cops who stay on the force. The plans nabbed him the endorsement of the city's police union, which had backed Bell prior to the first round of voting.
Woodfin's victory is nonetheless an unmistakable gain for the national progressive groups that backed his candidacy.
The result is "good for the progressive wing of the party because it shows that they're voting," Gawronski said.
Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution, visited Birmingham twice to stump for Woodfin, and the organization's activists made 1,000 calls and sent 11,000 text messages on Woodfin's behalf, according to the group.
Woodfin also received the endorsement of Collective PAC, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union and the LGBTQ equality groups Human Rights Campaign and Equality Alabama.
He even rivaled Bell's fundraising haul, bringing in over $500,000 thanks to a robust online fundraising operation and a series of events held across the country by fellow alumni of Morehouse College, an historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia. Speaking to progressive professionals in cities like New York City and Washington, D.C., Woodfin cast a donation to his candidacy as a blow against President Donald Trump, claiming he would make the city the "frontline resistance" to White House policies.
For his part, Bell pitched himself as an experienced leader best equipped to build on the city's recent growth. He touted endorsements from business leaders, past mayors and Rep. Terri Sewell (D), who represents Birmingham in Congress.
But it soon became clear that Bell needed more than the existing political establishment and a handful of local talk radio hosts on his side. During the first round of voting in August, Woodfin surprised observers with a first-place showing in a crowded field of 12 candidates. Woodfin edged out Bell 41 to 37 percent, and soon picked up the endorsement of the third-place candidate, Chris Woods.
Bell responded with a number of last-minute attempts to leverage the power of his office for political benefit. He announced the beginning of an initiative to entice Amazon to the city with the help of financial incentives, posted a video of himself adopting a puppy on Facebook and requested a federal pardon for an imprisoned former mayor.
"Randall Woodfin will be a mayor committed to enacting a progressive agenda that will truly serve the needs of all Birmingham residents," the Our Revolution president said.
Liberal activists voiced their delight at the outcome on social media, with some activists expressing hope that Woodfin's victory would have spillover benefits for Doug Jones, the Democrat running against ousted Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore for an open U.S. Senate seat.
If @GDouglasJones wants a real shot, he needs to start hiring at Woodfin's party tonight.
We are pretty stoked here in B'ham. Next is getting @GDouglasJones in the Senate seat.
In his victory speech in Birmingham on Tuesday night, Woodfin acknowledged the national implications of his win.
But he saved his most poignant words for the city's young black men. Toward the end of his remarks, Woodfin invited onstage with him all the Morehouse alumni who'd traveled to Birmingham for Election Day ― many of them longtime veterans of his campaign. More than a dozen men wearing suits crowded onto the stage.
"There is real hope for our young black boys in this city that for all the issues they face, I am no different than any of them," he said.
"They have in me a leader that's committed to them. And I wanted them to see that black men know how to be brothers," he added, referring to his fellow Morehouse alumni.
A variety of quaint individual neighborhoods make this a charming place to retire, U.S. News points out. There's plenty to see and do when family comes to visit, too.


Welcome to Latest Casino Free Spins!Here you will find the latest casino free spins offers, casino bonuses and the best no deposit bonuses. We work hard to find the best casino offers and the latest casino free spins exclusively for you.We hope you'll return to our site often to claim the latest casino offers available online at any time.Of course, we hope you win big with our top casino recommendations and get the maximum benefit from your online casino gambling.We are working with a lot of fantastic online casinos and are growing all the time with more and more great casinos and free spins offers each day.You will find almost every casino supplier available on our casino partners list, so everyone will find their favorite casino games right here.We hope you are gonna love our website and will share it with all your friends via social media.Enjoy your casino gaming and good luck to your all!
Go Win the Wonder Filled 'Winter Expedition' Tournament Today!
GET £25 FREE NO DEPOSIT NEEDED!!
GET 20 NO DEPOSIT FREE SPINS!!
What Makes a Good Slot Game Provider?
GET VIP ACCESS TO DAVID HAYE V TONY BELLEW AT BGO!
Think you are Gambling too much?
Each Casino reserves the right to cancel or change promotions at any time. Please refer to each Casino's T&Cs page for full details. New Customer Only. 18+. Please play responsibly.Latestcasinofreespins.com is an independent comparison websites, offering various reviews to players worldwide. Kindly note that the information provided on this site is for educational and informative purposes. Third parties reserve the right to amend and/or cancel bonuses or offers at any time they deem fit, and we will not be held liable for this. Please follow the link to find out more about us and our policy.


text:
Two popes attend gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican
CASK September 28, 2014 2 min read
BY PHILIP PULLELLA
VATICAN CITY Sun Sep 28, 2014 5:14pm IST
Pope Francis (R) greets Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI before a mass in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican September 28, 2014.
(Reuters) – Elderly people, including former Pope Benedict, attended a gathering of the wise and wrinkled at the Vatican on Sunday, where Pope Francis denounced the neglect and abandonment of the old as "hidden euthanasia".
During the festive event in St. Peter's Square, Francis addressed some 40,000 elderly people — grandfathers, grandmothers, widows and widowers.
The pope sought to underscore the importance of the old in society and he said homes for the elderly could not be allowed to become "prisons" where care took a back seat to business interests by those who run them.
According to the World Health Organization, there are 600 million people over 60 in the world today and the figure is expected to double over the next 11 years and reach two billion by 2050, most in the developing world.
It was only the third time since his resignation in February, 2013 that Benedict, 87, attended a public event. He looked relatively healthy as he walked into the square using a cane and took a special seat in the front.
Benedict, wearing a white overcoat, stayed for about an hour
to hear old people speak about their lives and listen to a speech by his successor and then left before Francis led a Mass.
Benedict, the first pope to resign in six centuries, has been living out his retirement in near isolation in a former convent in the Vatican gardens. He is assisted by aides and receives few visitors.
Francis, 77, warmly embraced his older predecessor twice during the service and told the crowd that having Benedict, who now has the title Emeritus Pope, living in the Vatican was "like having a wise grandfather at home".
"Violence against the elderly is as inhuman as that against children," Francis said told the crowd, which was entertained by singers including world renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli.
"How many times are old people just discarded, victims of an abandonment that is tantamount to hidden euthanasia. This is the result of a throw-away culture that is hurting our world so much," he said.
Since his election as the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, Francis has often called for more respect for the vital role of old people, particularly in rich countries, as vital transmitters of experience and knowledge.
He said homes for elderly people "should really be homes, not prisons" where people live "forgotten, hidden, neglected".
One of the elderly couples who addressed the gathering, Mubarak and Aneesa Hano, were Christian refugees from northern Iraq who had to flee their home because the area had been taken over by Islamic State militants.
At the end of the service, the pope gave some of the elderly a book of the Gospel of St. Mark in large print.
(Reporting By Philip Pullella; Editing by Stephen Powell)
Previous: Pope approves canonisation of Goa born Bl Joseph Vaz
Next: Pope Francis' Family Synod Forgoes Flash for Spiritual Depth


Part of your comprehensive car insurance premium is being used by insurers to cover the costs of uninsured drivers, according to a report from the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
According to The Pranged: The Real Cost of Optional Vehicle Insurance in Australia, Aussies are paying an extra $45 a year on their premiums, as insurers attempt to compensate for the unrecoverable losses that at-fault uninsured drivers represent.
Drivers with a comprehensive policy can make a claim on their own insurance for accidents that aren't their fault, if the at-fault driver is uninsured. The report suggests that to account for this, insurers are raising comprehensive policy premiums, costing insured drivers a nationwide $1.3 billion.
The author of the report, Tony Robinson, said that the current car insurance system employed here is "plainly unfair", but simply switching to a mandatory scheme like the one used in the UK – where the minimum legal insurance covers drivers personal injury and property damage of others – wouldn't work in the Aussie market.
"Mandatory schemes still record significant percentages of people who don't pay for compulsory cover. What if they are dependent on cars for work? You can't take cars off people," said Robinson.
The current Aussie car insurance system involves a compulsory third party insurance policy, also known as a greenslip (CTP) which covers the cost of personal injury to others, but property damage cover is optional.
And it turns out that a substantial chunk of Aussies aren't taking up that option with the research estimating that approximately 12% of Aussie vehicles are uninsured for third party property damage and that uninsured drivers were at fault in approximately 114,000 accidents per year.
Robinson said that when Aussies pay for their car registration and CTP insurance, many believe they're covered for property damage without realising that they need to seek out either a third party or comprehensive car insurance policy to get that added security.


text:
Q: Is there any solution to concatenate two enum classes, builder pattern? I need to test web page, so we build pages via enum class. In first enum class we have Pages and in second enum we have saved type of pages like "uk", "canada" it , because different type of page need to create different page
I try to user solution from these topic Can I use the builder pattern on a Java Enum
public class HomePage extends BasePage {

    public String url = "/ccrz__HomePage";
    public Storefront storefront;

    @FindBy(how = How.XPATH, using = "//div[contains(@class, 'cc_tmpl_HomePage')]")
    private WebElement mainContainer;

    public HomePage(Storefront storefront) {

        super(storefront);
        super.setUrl(this.url);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean validatePage() {

        return isDisplayed(mainContainer);
    }

public enum Pages {

    HOMEPAGE(new HomePage()),
    ORDER_HISTORY_PAGE(new MyAccountOrderHistoryPage()),
    MY_ACCOUNT_PAGE(new MyAccountPage()),

    private final BasePage page;
    private final Storefront storefront;

    Pages(BasePage page, Storefront storefront) {

        this.page = page;
        this.storefront = storefront;
    }
    public BasePage get() {
        return this.page;
    }

Ass you can see error occurs in enum class because for example 'new HomePage()' need Storefront param and I don't have any idea how to solve it...

A: I wouldn't go using enums to store instance of your pages. Why not have a service class which contains a Map<Page, ? extends BasePage> and store all of your pages in there. Then you can have a factory builder or constructor for your service which instantiates the map with all of the required pages.


text:
Free Books / New Age / Spirituality / Talismans, Amulets, Zodiacal Gems /
Rings Of Dark Green Jasper
This section is from the book "The Book Of Talismans, Amulets And Zodiacal Gems", by William Thomas & Kate Pavitt. Also available from Amazon: The book of talismans, amulets and zodiacal gems.
Rings Of Dark Green Jasper flecked with red were favourite ornaments amongst the Egyptians, who frequently wore them upon the thumb, probably because the thumb is under Martian influence, Mars being the ruling planet of the House of Aries.
One of these talismanic stones was worn by Nechepsos, an Egyptian king, to strengthen the digestive organs, and was engraved in the form of a dragon surrounded by rays. The Gnostics wore the Bloodstone as an Amulet to prolong life, and to make its wearer courageous and wealthy, as well as to strengthen the stomach and dispel melancholy; and in the Middle Ages it was considered good for those engaged in husbandry and the breeding of cattle.
Amongst the ancient Greeks and Romans, the Bloodstone was worn to bring renown and the favour of the great; to inspire constancy and endurance, and as a charm against the bites of scorpions and all venomous creatures. It was also a great favourite with their athletes, who wore it as a Talisman for success in the games.
In an essay written by a certain Thomas Boyle on "The Origine and Virtues of Gems," dated 1675, we read that a gentleman of sanguine habit having been long troubled with excessive bleeding from the nose, was unable to find a cure until "an ancient gentleman presented him with a Bloodstone the size of a pigeon's egg, to be worn round the neck, and upon the use of this stone he not only cured himself, but stopped hemorrhage in a neighbour".
Marbodeus Gallus, writing in verse on this stone, after mentioning its virtue against the Ague and Dropsy, says:
"Againe it is believed to be a safeguard frank and free To such as ware and beare the same; and if it hallowed bee, It makes the parties gratious and mightier too that have it And noysome fancies as they write who ment not to deprave it It doth dispel out of the mind. The force thereof is stronger In silver, if this stone be set, it doth endure the longer".
The Chinese advise its being set in gold to obtain the best results; and the Rev. C. W. King tells us that a Bloodstone, engraved with the figure of a scorpion when the Sun was entering the sign of Scorpio, was believed by the Ancients to be a sure preservation against the formation of stone in the bladder.
prev: The Bloodstone
next: The Diamond


text:
More Culture:
'Most famous Philadelphian who never lived': Podcast will explore cultural legacy of the 'Rocky' statue
The six-part series from WHYY debuts Jan. 10 and delves into stories of real-life Philly boxers, examining what it takes to make a monument
By Maggie Mancini
Podcast Rocky Statue
Thom Carroll/For PhillyVoice
The lasting cultural legacy of the 'Rocky' statue is the subject of an upcoming podcast from WHYY Studios. 'The Statue,' hosted by Monument Labs co-founder Paul Farber, examines the 'Rocky' franchise and tells the story of the monument, its history and its relevance to visitors.
Of all celebrities and artists who have called Philadelphia home, none are as entangled with Philly's cultural identity as Rocky Balboa, the fictional boxer whose series of rises and falls from from obscurity to champion are told in the course of eight films – with a ninth on the way.
In the 46 years since the first "Rocky" movie premiered, it has become one of the most popular franchises in film history. Each year, more than 4 million people make the journey to Philly to visit a destination unlike any other — the "Rocky" statue, a 8 1/2-foot bronze monument near the base of the Philadelphia Museum of Art's steps on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
American Girl's 2023 'Girl of the Year' is from New Jersey
Kura Sushi, which sends food orders via a conveyer belt, opens in Center City
Chester County kombucha company releases limited edition drink made with help from Chill Moody
That statue — its history and lasting cultural legacy — is the subject of "The Statue," an upcoming podcast from WHYY Digital Studios. Set to premiere on Tuesday, Jan. 10, "The Statue" examines the "most famous Philadelphian who never lived," exploring the stories of real-life Philly boxers and discussing the importance of the distinct and unique monument to the fictional fighter.
"The Statue" is hosted by Paul Farber, director and co-founder of Monument Lab, a public art and history studio based in Philly. The organization researches the connections between monuments and the public memory they serve. Though much of the production took place in 2022, Farber began the project just before the COVID-19 pandemic caused shutdowns across the city.
After his mom — herself a native of Northeast and South Philly — advised him to look at the "Rocky" statue as a way to understand the city, Farber took a deep dive into the "Rocky" franchise. He watched every film, as well as any documentary he could find that involved the character in some way. He also read whatever writing about "Rocky" he could find, and looked at artwork that inspired the story.
Each week, he visited the statue, observing how tourists interacted with the monument, and spoke to visitors about why they chose to focus on this statue, out of hundreds installed throughout the city.
"There is a reason why the Art Museum steps are the place of gathering," Farber said. "(Sylvester) Stallone is not alone in believing that, and he really amplified that site. The Art Museum steps have been a place of vigil, uprising, labor strikes, celebrations — it's the ultimate people's pedestal. It's the place to see and be seen. Although there's meaningful art inside, it's the outside that has become really profound. The 'Rocky' statue and the 'Rocky' story are part of that, and when you look at the story, you understand what people bring there and what they take away."
A post shared by Monument Lab (@monument_lab)
The statue was built by A. Thomas Schomberg in 1981, and debuted a year later with the premiere of "Rocky III." Initially designed to be a movie prop, backlash from the Philadelphia Museum of Art moved it to the outside of the former Spectrum arena. It would return to the Art Museum several times for film production, and again in 2006 following a series of petitions and city hearings.
"There is something particular about the life of a statue that entered the world as a movie prop," Farber said. "They could have made a styrofoam version, something that was meant to be much more ephemeral, but the filmmakers and (Sylvester) Stallone worked with a sculptor to make something in bronze. This monument is both a triumphant and humble symbol. His head is facing down in part because that's the way the film was shot."
"Think about how many monuments replicate paintings and look outward — and therefore are just above us," Farber said. "They're not meant to speak to us on the ground, and this is one that people find immense connection with."
Over the course of six episodes, Farber speaks with Philly residents, tourists, art historians, film crew members and researchers about the history and legacy of "Rocky," the infamous statue on the Parkway and what it means to be a monument.
Farber also discusses the impact the franchise had on film, including its pioneering use of the Steadicam, featured in the iconic scene where Rocky runs up the Art Museum steps, looks out at the skyline and points his fist up at the sky.
The podcast dedicates an entire episode to Joe Frazier, the real-life heavyweight boxing champ who fought in Philly from 1965 to 1981. The first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali, he actually ran up the Art Museum steps and boxed raw meat at a slaughterhouse long before Balboa.
"There's something going on at the 'Rocky' statue that is profound," Farber said. "People from many backgrounds and political affiliations go to the statue to look for meaning. At the same time, the story of a fictional white, working-class hero in a city of real-life Black boxers is not lost on us, and it wasn't lost on many of the people we spoke to. Joe Frazier was part of the legend."
The podcast pays particular attention to Joe Frazier's Gym, at 2917 N. Broad St., where the heavyweight champ trained for his 1971 fight against Ali. Though the building now operates as a furniture store, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. Farber seeks out places — even those far away from the statue itself — in order to paint a broader picture of Philly's boxing legacy and Frazier's story.
"The Statue" premieres on Jan. 10, and new episodes will be released each Tuesday. The podcast will be available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify and NPR One. Listeners can check out the podcast's trailer here.
Maggie Mancini
maggie@phillyvoice.com
Read more Podcast Rocky Statue Philadelphia Rocky Statue Rocky Balboa Boxing Rocky Steps Philadelphia Museum of Art Movies Boxers Art Museum Steps Art Museum


Get all our 8 backdrop packages at a great discounted price. Over 15% less!!!
A total of 120 high-resolution images in different lighting conditions and perspectives.
The good: Several files with very large sizes available for large work like billboards.
The meh: The dark brown feels much more like a dark grey to me. I had to make adjustments to actually get a workable brown for the job I had purchased it for.
The bad: The backdrop appears to have been somewhat roughly handled so that there are a few scratches or scuffs that are in distracting locations.
Really nice work on these backdrops. Followed the tutorial on how to use them and they worked really well.
Fantastic hi-res images, great for tidying up those backgrounds!
Here are some example images by our customers, that were all done with the All hand-painted Backdrops Bundle. For credit info please hover over the images.


text:
Read Next:	Facebook Renews Jada Pinkett Smith's 'Red Table Talk' Through 2022, Greenlights Gloria Estefan Offshoot
December 5, 2019 12:30PM PT
TV Shows We Quit in 2019
By Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Follow Us on Twitter @Variety	FOLLOW
Variety's Most Recent Stories
Michael Jackson Estate and BMI Extend 41-Year Publishing Pact
Darren Baber Joins Warner Records as SVP, Media & Strategic Development
Tiffany R. Almy Promoted to Partner at Rothenberg, Mohr & Binder
CREDIT: Chuck Hodes; Courtesy of Netflix; Adam Rose
It's official: with the amount of scripted series alone hitting the 500 mark and refusing to stop there, there is just too much content available to keep up with all of it. But although the quantity of series offered continues to grow, that does not automatically mean the quality increases as well. As such, no one should feel bad if they have to let go of a new show, no matter how buzzed-about or once-beloved it may be.
In keeping with that sentiment, here are all the series the Variety staff stopped watching in 2019.
"Arrested Development" (Netflix)
Maybe Netflix's two-part release strategy for Season 5 is to blame. While it was fun to see the Bluths back together in the first half of the season, released in May 2018, I certainly wasn't still on the edge of my seat by the time the second part was released nearly 10 months later, especially with so many other options on TV. It might be time to finally let this innovative comedy end.
— Alex Stedman, senior news editor, online
"Big Little Lies" (HBO)
I had heard such good things about the first season of "Big Littles Lies" that it made me read a book — a book! After finishing it and binging the first season this summer, I eagerly anticipated seeing how the second season would continue the story. And boy, was I disappointed. The lack of intriguing mystery and building tension failed to justify why the new season needed to exist. Not even Meryl Streep could save this trainwreck.
— Jordan Moreau, junior content specialist
"BoJack Horseman" (Netflix)
No one's saying that "BoJack Horseman" isn't a product of immense creative talent and wit. But it is worth saying that its cult following has finally exceeded the series' merit. We've seen everyone's favorite alcoholic horse (Will Arnett) do terrible things, feel remorse of some degree, chase after sobriety, relapse and repeat too many times to count. In Season 6, Raphael Bob-Waksberg and team want us to believe that BoJack will get the message this time. Maybe he will. There's still not enough attention to the fact that BoJack's antics have irrevocably harmed the women in his life. In Season 5, BoJack, high on set, choked his co-star, Gina (Stephanie Beatriz); post that experience, touch becomes a PTSD trigger for Gina and she's labeled difficult to work with. Only one of many BoJack atrocities. Especially given that Netflix declined to pick up a second season of the equally clever and — let's be honest, fresher — sister series, "Tuca & Bertie," I see no point in watching BoJack make amends with himself for the thousandth time when his actions have seriously derailed the lives of Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), Diane (Alison Brie), Penny (Ilana Glazer) and Sarah Lynn (Kristen Schaal).
— LaTesha Harris, editorial intern
"Fosse/Verdon" (FX)
Yes, the acting is fine. Yes, the production values are polished. But "Fosse/Verdon" concentrated on two massively self-indulgent people who treated each other and everyone around them so poorly it was painful to watch, as was the exasperating retro sexual politics of Bob Fosse and the vintage showbiz milieu. The show did come alive while parsing their creative partnerships, but it ended up sending me to track down clips of "Sweet Charity" and "Damn Yankees" on YouTube and "Cabaret" on Netflix. For a more compelling look at artistic genius, there's Fosse's autobiographical "All That Jazz," clips of which can be found on YouTube and, hopefully, the whole film will be available to stream soon.
— Carole Horst, managing editor, Variety Focus
"The Goldbergs" (ABC)
When it launched, the show was a lovely throwback to the 1980s, but by last season's end it had long past gone out of steam. So, when the older two kids left for college I dropped the show, too. Besides, the spinoff had taken a couple of tertiary characters that were interesting.
— Shalini Dore, intern coordinator and Focus features editor
"The Politician" (Netflix)
There comes a point where watching incredibly annoying, incredibly wealthy people yelling at each other and fighting for power becomes, well, incredibly annoying. I reached that point about five episodes into "The Politician." In truth, part of the problem was that I was watching "Succession" at the same time and started suffering from an overload of rich white people problems as a result. I have heard that events take an interesting twist near the end, but ultimately "The Politician" failed to keep me interested that long with its fairly standard high school drama plot.
— Will Thorne, TV writer
"Ray Donovan" (Showtime)
2019 was the year I finally quit "Ray Donovan." After Abby died, I was barely tuning in and this was the year that I cut the cord for good. I like refined Ray, not depressed and disgruntled Ray. Without his guiding light, he is just a sad tough guy from Boston. Sorry Ray, but "The Irishman" fills that void for me just fine.
— Meg Zukin, social media editor
"The Real Housewives of Orange County" (Bravo)
Vicki Gunvalson diehards may take this to mean I am protesting until she is back as a full-time titular housewife, but nothing could be farther from the truth. In fact, I started the most recent season of "RHOC" excited for the limited takes from the self-proclaimed "OG of the OC" and looking forward to getting to know more about Gina Kirschenheiter's secret bad marriage and who would be fighting with Kelly Dodd this time around. I was not disappointed on either of those points, with a sexcapade rumor about Dodd tossed out there in the first few episodes like the original series in the long-running franchise knew it was showing its age and was desperate to compete with newer, more salacious kids on the block. But after a wellness trip that saw Shannon Beador running to yet another hospital, I tuned out. At first, it was because I just got busy with other things, but as weeks went on and I wasn't scrambling to catch up, I realized the series had lost much of its excitement, especially as "RHOA" returned with two bouts of baby daddy drama, while "RHONJ" followed Joe Giudice's plight in ICE custody.
— Danielle Turchiano, senior features editor, TV
"Shameless" (Showtime)
As the series prepped for Emmy Rossum's exit, Season 9 of "Shameless" took the show's usual chaotic energy and kicked it into overdrive. But, in Fiona Gallagher's case, the young business owner's life was turned upside down. Still reeling from the loss of her apartment building and boyfriend, the eldest of the Gallagher clan resorted to booze, lost her job and left the caretaker responsibilities to her younger sister Debbie (Emma Kenney). After consistently messing things up for her family members, Fiona's character wound up resembling Frank (William H. Macy) a little too much. How the show will make up for the downfall of Fiona might be an interesting part of Season 10, but truthfully, the roller coaster that was Season 9 warrants a long recovery time.
— BreAnna Bell, editorial intern
The Best TV Shows of 2019:
Leave a Reply23
Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has hired Ryan Tracey as an agent in the television department, Variety has learned exclusively. Tracey comes to CAA from UTA, where he had most recently served as head of TV Production. He has represented an numerous television producers during his career, including Aida Rodgers, Kathy Ciric, Anna Dokoza, Ellen Kuras, Mark Winemaker, [...]
TV Ratings: 'This Is Us' Sterling K. Brown-Focused Episode Wins Tuesday
"This Is Us" lost a little ground in the TV ratings on Tuesday night, however, it still managed to lead NBC to a narrow victory on the night. The acclaimed drama scored a 1.4 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 6.5 million viewers, down fractionally on last week's 1.5 rating and 6.7 million viewers. The [...]
Facebook Renews Jada Pinkett Smith's 'Red Table Talk' Through 2022, Greenlights Gloria Estefan Offshoot
Facebook is doubling down on dishy, daytime TV-style programming: The social media giant announced a three-year renewal of "Red Table Talk" with Jada Pinkett Smith and Westbrook Studios and ordered a new offshoot of the multi-generational family talk-show format with singer Gloria Estefan. The pact will keep "Red Table Talk," one of the most popular [...]
Sundance, SXSW Among Festivals to Commit Credentials to Time's Up Critical (EXCLUSIVE)
The Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest, Tribeca, Bentonville, Athena, ATX Television Festival, and the Toronto International Film Festival have committed to allot a portion of their credentials to members of the Time's Up Critical database, Variety has learned exclusively. The online hub aims to increase representation of women, people of color, people with disabilities [...]
Amazon Prime Video in Latin America Snags Five Titles from Cisneros Media
Global distributors group Cisneros Media Distribution has announced two telenovelas to be made available on Amazon Prime Video for Latin America, "Amore Secreto" and "Gata Salvaje," as well as three Mobius.Lab-produced titles, "Cursed Bloodlines," "Mysterious Earth" and "Super Genios." Written by César Sierra and starring Miguel de León and Alejandra Sandoval, "Amore Secreto" follows Irene, [...]
WarnerMedia's Turner Latin America Launches Particular Crowd with 90-Movie Slate (EXCLUSIVE)
MIAMI — In a big, bold affirmation of the value of movies in a new TV world, WarnerMedia's Turner Latin America, one of Latin America's biggest pay TV operators, is launching Particular Crowd, a film production-acquisition company with a 90 English-language movie slate for 2020. Based out of Los Angeles, Particular Crowd will make many [...]
Drew Barrymore Hopes to Bring 'Humor and Heart' to Daytime TV
MIAMI — Drew Barrymore has always loved television, but for years she was afraid of working in TV. "I didn't like the idea of being attached to unknown material," Barrymore said. "I thought 'What if the scripts come in and I hate them?' " Barrymore conquered that fear when she committed to Netflix's offbeat comedy [...]